Category: North Bergen News

If you’re going on vacation or just hanging out locally, take a photo with any Reporter newspaper, including the Bayonne Community News, and send it to us! We’d love to print it and show your neighbors where you went. Visiting relatives in the next town? Hanging out down the Shore? Riding a camel in the …

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With dozens of rental developments in Hudson County going up and many recently being completed, why does a current report say that county rents are still on the rise, and may actually hit a $3,000 average as early as next year? Pure economics, says Mark Quartello of Palisadium Real Estate on Boulevard East in West …

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NBPD backpack drive going on now Residents can help the North Bergen Police and the New Jersey National Guard collect new or gently used backpacks for the children in the community from now through Wednesday, Aug. 26. The dropoff location is the New Jersey National Guard Recruiting Station (trailer) located at 8901 Bergenline Ave. All …

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The roar of more than 600 students rocked Bruins Stadium on the morning of Wednesday, June 24. A sea of red-clad graduates erupted from their seats, caps flying in the air to celebrate the end of the 54th commencement exercise and the graduation of the 2015 senior class from North Bergen High School. Family and …

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Two suspended North Bergen Department of Public Works supervisors were convicted last week of conspiracy, official misconduct, and other charges. They allegedly assigned municipal employees to work on election campaigns and to complete personal chores during work time for them or for their boss, Superintendent James Wiley. Troy Bunero, 48, of North Bergen, and Francis …

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Free ‘Total Soul’ concert in Guttenberg on July 8 The first free concert of the Guttenberg summer season will take place on July 8, with entertainment beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the main event at 7:30 p.m. “Total Soul” is a Motown, R&B, soul, and classic disco style group, which will perform hit songs from …

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A spell of rain at midday may have cut back on the crowds but it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the vendors and attendees at North Bergen’s second annual Summer Green Health Fair. Held on Saturday, June 20 on the 64th Street Field (Stan Newman Field) from noon to 4 p.m., the event attracted more …

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You can go to Bayonne or Jersey City to see Fourth of July fireworks, but not North Bergen, West New York, Weehawken, or Hoboken. You can go to Secaucus as well, but their celebration is two days before the Fourth, and you must be a resident. Union City is planning its own event. A lot …

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Neighbors must have thought Beyonce was in town, the way the kids were cheering on the field as Lori Michaels belted out a pair of songs. The occasion was the first annual LEAD Day, and the lucky recipients of the free mini-concert were about 600 graduating fifth graders from North Bergen’s elementary schools. “We’re just …

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